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FamilyScientific Name Common NameHabitatDistributionImage
ThelypteridaceaeAmauropeltaimage of plant
ThelypteridaceaeAmauropelta noveboracensisNew York FernMesic forests, bottomland forests, bogs, submesic forests.NL (Newfoundland) and WI south to GA, AL, and AR. Reported for MO by Brant (2018).image of plant
ThelypteridaceaeAmauropelta resiniferaGlandular Maiden FernMoist hammocks and swamps.Wc. peninsular FL; West Indies; Mexico, Central America, and South America.image of plant
ThelypteridaceaeAmauropelta sanctaCaribbean Maiden FernRockland hammocks on eroded limestone.S. FL; West Indies; s. Mexico and Central America.image of plant
ThelypteridaceaeAmblovenatumJeweled Maiden Fernimage of plant
ThelypteridaceaeAmblovenatum opulentumJeweled Maiden FernRockland hammocks and disturbed areas.Native of Old World tropics (w. Africa and s. Asia).image of plant
ThelypteridaceaeChristellaMaiden Fern, Shield Fernimage of plant
ThelypteridaceaeChristella dentataDowny Maiden Fern, Soft Fern, Downy Shield FernMoist forests, hammocks, streambanks, swamps, disturbed areas.Native of tropical and subtropical Asia and Africa.image of plant
ThelypteridaceaeChristella hispidula var. 1 [=versicolor]Hairy Maiden FernHammocks, limesinks, moist forests, streamsides, on soil in disturbed areas, and on mortar / masonry.Se. NC (Brunswick County) and e. SC south to s. FL, west to e. TX. The boundary of native vs. adventive distribution is unclear.image of plant
ThelypteridaceaeCoryphopterisimage of plant
ThelypteridaceaeCoryphopteris simulataBog Fern, Massachusetts FernIn NC and WV in acid peat bogs at about 1000 meters in elevation, in DE, NJ, and VA in acid seepage swamps in the Coastal Plain.NS south to ne. VA (Accomack, New Kent, Northampton and Westmoreland counties) and n. WV (Tucker and Preston counties), and disjunct in nw. NC (Alleghany, Ashe, and Avery counties), TN (Sevier County), and WI. Discovered in NC in the 1980's, and presently known only from three sites in that state.image of plant
ThelypteridaceaeCyclosorusimage of plant
ThelypteridaceaeCyclosorus gongylodesHottentot Fern, Willdenow’s FernWet hammocks, marshes, swamps, ditches.FL and s. LA; West Indies; Mexico, Central America, and South America; paleotropics.image of plant
ThelypteridaceaeGoniopterisStar-hair Fernimage of plant
ThelypteridaceaeGoniopteris domingensisOn limestone solution holes in hammocks.S. FL (Broward County); West Indies; se. Mexico (Quintana Roo). Reported for Broward County, FL.image of plant
ThelypteridaceaeGoniopteris reptansCreeping Star-hair fernHammocks, around limestone or sandstone outcrops, sinkholes.FL peninsula, from Alachua County south to s. FL; West Indies; s. Mexico, Central America, and n. South America.image of plant
ThelypteridaceaeGoniopteris sclerophyllaStiff Star-hair FernRockland hammocks, sinkholes.S. FL; West Indies.image of plant
ThelypteridaceaeGoniopteris tetragonaFree-tip Star-hair FernMoist hammocks, especially on and around limestone outcrops.N. and c. FL peninsula; West Indies; Mexico, Central America and n. South America.image of plant
ThelypteridaceaeLeptogrammaStreak-sorus Fernimage of plant
ThelypteridaceaeLeptogramma burksiorumAlabama Streak-sorus FernMoist sandstone grottoes.A narrow endemic of nc. AL.
ThelypteridaceaeMacrothelypterisMaiden Fernimage of plant
ThelypteridaceaeMacrothelypteris torresianaMariana Maiden FernWet hammocks, cypress swamps, streamsides, moist forests, disturbed areas, increasingly invasive in natural habitats (especially in the southern parts of our area).Native of the Asian and African tropics. Leonard (1972) and Wyatt (2020) discussed the history of this species in the southeastern United States. Macrothelypteris torresiana continues to spread northward, and has been reported for KY (Gorman, Bruton, & Estes 2011) and IL (Mohlenbrock 2014).image of plant
ThelypteridaceaeMenisciumimage of plant
ThelypteridaceaeMeniscium reticulatumLattice-vein FernWet hammocks, cypress swamps, sometimes epiphytic on stumps and logs.S. FL; West Indies; s. Mexico, Central America, and South America.image of plant
ThelypteridaceaeMeniscium serratumToothed Lattice-vein FernSwamp and floodplain forests.C. and s. peninsular FL; West Indies; s. Mexico, Central America, and n. South America (south to Argentina).image of plant
ThelypteridaceaePelazoneuronimage of plant
ThelypteridaceaePelazoneuron abruptum var. grandeStately Maiden FernCypress strand swamps.S. FL (Collier County); West Indies.
ThelypteridaceaePelazoneuron augescensAbrupt-tipped Maiden FernRockland hammocks, limestone outcrops, swamps, disturbed wetlands and uplands.S. FL; West Indies (Bahamas, Cuba); s. Mexico (Quintana Róo); Central America (Guatemala).
ThelypteridaceaePelazoneuron kunthiiKunth's Maiden Fern, Southern Shield FernCoquina limestone (‘marl’) outcrops, calcareous bluffs and sinkhole slopes, also adventive on and around coquina limestone (marl) riprap around small bridges and ditches and in suburban forests.Se. NC south to s. FL and west to c. TX; West Indies; Mexico south through Central America into n. South America.image of plant
ThelypteridaceaePelazoneuron ovatum var. lindheimeriLindheimer's Maiden Fern, San Saba FernLow moist forests, moist limestone outcrops.C. TX and barely e. TX west to w. TX, south through Mexico and Central America to South America; West Indies (Jamaica).image of plant
ThelypteridaceaePelazoneuron ovatum var. ovatumOvate Maiden FernOn coquina limestone (‘marl’) or in disturbed, calcareous areas.E. SC south to s. FL, west to s. AL; Bahamas.image of plant
ThelypteridaceaePelazoneuron patensGrid-scale Maiden FernRockland hammocks.S. FL (Miami-Dade County); West Indies; Mexico, Central America, and South America.
ThelypteridaceaePhegopterisBeech Fernimage of plant
ThelypteridaceaePhegopteris connectilisNorthern Beech FernMoist cliffs where wet by spray from waterfalls (at medium elevations), also on high elevation cliffs wet by seepage and in spruce-fir forests, northward in cool ravines and on swamp borders. Most of the occurrences in NC are at waterfalls in the escarpment gorges of Transylvania, Macon, and Jackson counties, near Highlands.A circumboreal species, at its southern limit in North America in MD, WV, OH, IL, IA, MT, and OR; disjunct southward in w. NC and e. TN, and in CO.image of plant
ThelypteridaceaePhegopteris decursivepinnataJapanese Beech FernVertical rock outcrops, moist slopes.Native of e. and se. Asia. This species is naturalizing on sandstone cliffs, other outcrops, rocky banks at scattered locations around the Southeastern United States, and seems likely to become more common. See Florez-Parra & Keener (2016) for additional information.image of plant
ThelypteridaceaePhegopteris excelsiorTall Beech FernMoist forests.image of plant
ThelypteridaceaePhegopteris hexagonopteraBroad Beech FernMesic to submesic hardwood forests.QC west to ON, WI, and MN, south to Panhandle FL and e. TX.image of plant
ThelypteridaceaeThelypteridaceaeMarsh Fern Familyimage of plant
ThelypteridaceaeThelypterisMarsh Fernimage of plant
ThelypteridaceaeThelypteris palustris var. pubescensMarsh FernBogs, marshes (including freshwater tidal marshes), and bottomland forests.The species is circumboreal, occurring in n. Europe, n. Asia, and n. North America. Var. pubescens is the American variety, ranging from NL (Newfoundland) and MB south to s. FL and c. TX; c. Mexico (Michoacán, Distrito Federal); Bermuda, Cuba.image of plant